Autographic register



July 20 1926.

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. A. B. COOKE AUTOGiRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Nov. m, 1924 5 Sheets-Sheet 2ZZZ/ 72 Z? oajsa o )t Hi1 'VEQOO I I I July 20,1926. 1,593,019

A. B. COOKE AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER Filed Nov. 192.4 s Sheets-Sheet aPatented July 20, 1926.

ALLEN B. COOKE, F D'ANVILLE,.ILLINOIS,-.ASSIGNOR 1 innate.SUJNITEDQ'STATES j? PATENT. GF

FEQE.

TO UNITED AUTOGRAPIIIC REG- I ISTER CO OF. CHICAGO; ILLINOIS, ACORPORATION OF. ILLINOIS.

. AUTQGRAPHIC --REGISTER.

Application filed Noyember g Thisinvention relates to autographicregisters and has. for its principal object to proride a register ofthis character with i'neans for. separating anddirecting one or more ofthe stripsinto filing spaceand According to. the invention the filing.space;

the register isjprovided with one or more ,Yl'ilin'g pins which aremovahly mounted and actuatedin such a manner as to be projected-.through the individualslips as they enter tlieifiling space; so. thatthe slips are en-- aged one after the other by the pins.

.I ErefenablY the'arrangemcnt of the parts is such that the slips arestacked face down ward upon: the filingpinsso that they may he :slid of?of such pins on to the pins or posts of storage binder and in doing thisthe backs ofthe slips-will face towardthe v 0t slips so that when. theslips are to be used back o tthe binder.

. In 'turther describing the invention reference .will be hereinaftermade to the accompanying drawingsEwhichtillustrate a practical meansofcarryingqout the: above men tioned object otthe invention. In thesedrawings .F 1 is a vertical;longitudinal sectional .view of a port-ionof an autographic register equipped with a-mechanismconstructed in accoroance vwith the principles of the invention F 2 is a transversesectional view of the clerics, taken, substantially on-theplaneindicated by the line 2+2 of Fig. 1;

- .Fig. 3 is a View similar toFig. 1 showing -theposition ofthe parts'shortlyyafter the severing means has rbeen aotuated' and be- ..forethefiling pins have been allowed to pass. into e igageiiieiitjvitlithenext slip of x erecord to be kept in the filing chamber; Fig. l is iewsomewhatsimilar t Fig. shdivint; the position ofithe part'sjust afterthe filing pinshare engaged: theslip;

5 is arertioal longitudinal sectional View otapor'tion of the stripfeeding or drawin means. and illustrating particularly a seed...severing,ineansI ensue} manner in certain construction of the ;1nanually .operwhich it co-acts with the means for actuatthe ailing pins;-i- 6 1s a, perspectivevlew of a portion of. one of; thestrips which isadapted to be yvention the numeral 1 designates the across thebearing-surface and the other ,parts of the invention it will beexplained make manifoldcopies or 10,1924. Serial No. 748,929.

used in thedevice, this View illustrating the strip somewhat in the.position in which it appears in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view'of a portion of the filing pinactuatingmecl anism. 1

In the illustrated embodiment of the inthe casing of an aut'ographicregister. A portion of the top' 01'' this casing is provided in theusualinanner with a bearing. surface or platen 2 over which several. ofthe. paper strips are to be tedor drawn and which supports the strips atthe time they are written upon by the user of the device. Beforeproceeding with a detail description of means for drawing .the paperstrips that the stripsintended to he used in the machine are preferablyruled into a series as sale slips in a store or businessestablishaddress of the purchaser and the number and priceof' thearticles purchased In a device of this character itis customary to p theslips. so that two or more of the strips arranged in aline ment arepassed over the bearing surface and carbon paper or otherduplicatingmedium is arranged between the strips so that the matter written uponthe uppermost "strip will be transferred to the onesbeneath it. Thenumeral 8 indicates one of the paper strips and. upon referring to Fig.6 it will be seen how this strip is divided into a series of slips 4.

' Means for drawing the strips over the bearing surface 2 consists. ofa. roller 5 mounted above the upper side of the casino beyond the.bearing surface so as to bear I upon the upper side oi the uppermoststrip.

COttCtlllPj with this roller 5 is a pair ofrollers 6. These rollers 6are mounted upon a shaft 7 which extends transversely across the casing1, so that the rollers 6 are disposed withln the casing and are arrangedto bear against the lower side of the lowermost strip. Each roller 6consists of a pair ofspaced disks 8, as clearly shown. in F 2, and theroller 5 isprovidedwith peripheral grooves 9 opposite the. spacesbetween each set of disks 8. One end of the shaft 7 upon which therollers 6 are mounted extends beyond one side of the casing 1 and isprovided with a crank handle by which the shaft and rollers 13 and 5constituting; the paper feeding or drawing means may be manually oprated.

As clearly shown in Fig. 6 the strips of paper are provided adjazent theupper edges of the individual slips with pairs of perforations 11. Theseperijorations constitute a means by which several of the strips may bearranged in alinement as well as a means by which the strips will cometo restduriun' a slow rotation of the handle 10, for these perforationsare arranged so as to pass over the rollers 6 and when they comedirectly betw en the rollers 6 and the roller 5 the strips of paper willmomentarily be released by the rollers and that way the operator of theiachine will be able to tell just when to cease turning the hand e.

Extending transversely across the upper portion of the casin 1 at apoint somewhat between the rollers o and 6 and slightly beyond thepoints of Contact of such rollers is a separatingedge 12. This isdesigned so as to direct certain of the st to the outside of the.casing; where they may oil and given to the customers or 1 disposed of,and to direct one or more or t lowermost strips into the rear end of thecasing which constitutes the tiling chamber. This chamber is indicatedby the numera1 13.

Also extending transversely across the upper part of the casing 1 andattached to the rear end of the rparating edge 12 is a rough or a sharpedge This edge is intniovable with respect to the casing 1 and is forthe purpose of tearina' or cutting the strip into slips. Immediately tothe rear of this edge is a pair of clamps and 1t Clamp 16 rotates abouta pivot in frame 1 at and is held against a pin by spring U) 52. Clamp15 is attached to arm 4-2 which rotates about a pivot in frame 1 at '11.Arm is held against pin 5st by the tension of stirring 19. l\lountedwith on pivot lei: is dog" 51 which is so arranged to be positivelyrotated in an anti-clockwise direction by but which depends upon siirinp' -13 for its clockwise rotation. In order to manually ope te andthus actuate .31. 15 and 16 there attached to 12 the handle 1T. Bydepressing 1T arm 42 causes 15 to rise and meet clamp 16 thus clampingor binding between 15 and 16 any paper that nay be )rotrudiugr beyondthe od r l depression oil 1'? will can 15 and 16 to carry the paper withthem beyond the upper extremity of edge 55 and since the paper is heldfirmly at the point of contact between rollers 5 and G will cause thepaper to be torn or cut oif along edge Upon the removal of the hand ofthe operator from handle 17 the action of springs 19 and 52 cause 16 and15 respectively to return to their normal positions thus making anopening between 16 and 15 thru which the paper may be driven.

l lxtending transversely across the lower portion of the casing 1 at apoint directly beneath the clamp 15 is a shaft 20 which carries a pairof upstanding filing pins 21. These pins 21 are located at points alongthe shaft so that their upper ends which are more or less pointed andcurved torwardly, are positioned between the disks 8 of the roller 6.One end of the shaft 20 carries an upstanding arm 22. A coil springconnected at one end to the upper portion of the arm and at the otherend to a bracket 21 fastened to the bottom of the casing. yieldablyholds the intermediate portion of the arm in engagement with the freeend of an adjusting; screw 25 which is readed through the bracket. Thearm 22 fixed to the shaft 20 the same as the pins 21 but turnablymounted upon the shaft 20 the Vicinity of the arm 22 is lever 26. Onearm 27 of this lever extends forwardly or the casing. that is, away fromthe filing chamber 13. and connected to the free end of this arm is thecoil spring 28. This coil spring also connected to an adjacent portionof the arm 1i lug 29 extends from the arm 27' upwardly and rearwardly soaS to be engaged at its free end by the front ec of the arm 22. The arm30 of the lever ...tends rearwardly in the direction of the tilingchamber and is preferably beveled from its lower side. From theconstruction so far described it will be seen that when the arm 30 isdepressed so as to rock the lever 26 the lug 29 hearing against thefront side of the arm 22 will rock the arm 22, thus rockingthe shaft 20and the pins 21 and causing the upper free end of the latter to be movedrearwardly away from the rollers (3.

Piroted at its front end as at 31 to one sioe of the casing 1 is asubstantially hori- Zontal lever 32, to the rear end of which ispivotally connected 11 depending rod The lower end portion of this rod33 carries a forwardly extending lug 3 1, the free end of which isbeveled from its upper side. As will be hereinafter explained the rod 33is given an up and down movement and so in order to guide its lower end.the latter is arranged to slide in a guide aperture in a block 36 whichrests upon the bottom of the easing 1. This block has a slidingadjustment with the bottom of the casing 1 by means of a screw 37projecting through a slot 38 and the adjusting is done by means of anadjusting screw 39 which extends through a fixed block 10 mounted uponthe bottom of the casing. The free end of the screw is threaded andengages a threaded aperture in the block 36. It will therefore L til ison EU be, seen that turning of the screw 39 will adjust the block 36toward or from the block 10 according to the direction in which thescrew is turned. hen the device is set up for use the hlock '36 shouldbe adjustedso that upon adown'ward movement or-the rod 33 the leg 34willengage the arm 80 of the lever 26 so as-to rock said lever and causethe aforesaid movement of the lil- 'i-ng pins 21.

The aforesaid lever 17 for actuating the severing means is preferablyarranged along one side of the "casing l and carries a de pending arm42. This arm 42 upon being rotated anti clockwise by the depression of17 carries with it also in an anti-clockwise direction the dog '51causing 51 to slip off "of the-lug 44 which extends upwardly from thearm A "coil spring 45 connected at one end to the upper side of thecasing 1 and atits other end to the arm 32, normally holds the arm 32raised and returns it'to the raised position after being depressed.

The arm 32 is provided on one side at a point intermediate of its endswith a roller '46. This'rollerdfi is eecentrically mounted on the sideof the arm '32 and'is positioned to be engaged by a roller or disk 47fixed upon the shaft "Before proceeding with an explanation of theoperation o'f'the machine it will be explained that "the clamp 15 doesnot extend directly or straight across the machine but is'so formed asto no't interfere with rollers "6 made up of disks 8. The clamp 15 is soshaped as to meet and push on the clamp 16 "on as much of the length oi16 as is possible "and still'cleartherollers6. It may further beexplained that rollers 6 while they are preferably made out of the disks Srthey may be otherwise constructed, In order to facilitate andincrease the gripping action of 15 and 16 :upon the paper they arepreferably provided with suitable roughened or an'tislipping grippingedges. To further facilitate "the "tearing or cutting of the paperacross the edge '55 "this edge may be shaped so that "the action will besomewhat that of a shear. This may be accomplished byhaving edge shapedsomewhat as shown in Figure 2 so that the cutt'in'g'or tearing willstart at two points in line with the points of c'ontactof rollers 5andB. This for-the reason that the paper is held firmly at these pointsat the "time the severing means is in operation. "From "the points inline with "the points of contact or 5 'and6 theedge may be bent away"from .the paper slightly 'sot-hat the separation maybe graduallycontinued "by the continued "upward motion of "1 5jand 1 6.

I The machine inay'b'e used with any numher 'of's't-ri'ps andthe'y maybe separated and "directed totheoutside of the casing-or into the"filing chamberasdesired. In many instances, however, three strips maybe used, the "two uppermost-being directed outside the-casing and tornoff by the hand of the in this manner the two uppermost strips arepassed between the rollers 5 andG sons to be directed upwardly "by theseparating edge 12, while the lowermost strip is passed be low theseparating edge 12. i-rssumii-ig that the three strips'are arranged inali-ne'ment, that is with their apertures 11 in alinement and that thethree strips are positioned so that their ali-ned apertures 11 are inthe position shown in Fig. 1, that is located be tween the rollers 5 and6, and also assuming that a number of slips have already 'been stackedin the filing chamber, and that a new slip has been written out and itis desued to tearoff those which are to be given to "the customer orotherwise disposed of,

and to properly file the slips that are to be so cared for in thefiling-chamber, the first thing to do is to press down on the lever 17."This, as will be seen from Fig. 1, will cause the clamp l5 'to be movedtoward the'clamp 16 and upon 15 meeting 16 will grip the paper or strip.Continued pressure on 1 7 will overcome the tension of spring 52; and 15andlfi will move together carrying the paper acrossedge 55 and thusseparating the strip into the slips. Thiss'lip 'beingbent intosubstantiallya Ushape in the filing chamber because'the filin'gpins 21exten'd 'thru its anertures 11 will now *be permitted 'to flatten outand pass face down onto the stack "of "slips.

The-depression of 17 rocksarm 42 which in "turn rocks dog 51 so that itslips 05 of lug let'carried by arm -32. As soon as this happens thespring 45, which is pulling up ward'ly on arm 82, 'brin'gs the roller 46into engagement with disc 47. lVhen the crank arm 10 is turned withtheparts in this position the rollers 5 and 6 will move the strips acrossthe bearing surface 2 and the uppermost strips will pass out'of thecasing while the lowermost will pass partiallyaround the rollers 6.'WVliile this is happening the roller 46 will be "rotated and since thisis eccentrically mounted upon the -aunt-l2, the latter will bedepressed, rocking the lever 26 and swinging the filing pins s1 soth'a't their free ends will pass across the free edge of the v lowermoststrip.

cause the lug 34 "to snap pas-tthe arm 30 oi the lever 26 at a time when"the spring 23 -21 will-extend into the apertures 11 of the Continuedrotation of the handle 10 will i ltl next slip as such apertures comeopposite the free ends of the pins. By the time the new slips have beenbrought completely in place over the bearing surface 2 the roller 46will have been returned to normal position. The oppositely beveled endsof the lugs and 3 4 and the connection which the lever 26 had with thearm 22 will permit the rod to be raised to its normal position withoutactuating or moving the pins 21.

The sprin t5 raises the arm as soon as the dog 51 is moved out of theway of the lug H, and the handle 1? which actuates 4-2 is releasedimmediately after it is depressed, but action at dog 5] permits thehandle 17 to return to normal, also the parts controlled by 17, eventhough the lever may be raised with the lug ii above the lower end of5i. However as soon as the arm is depressed by means of theeccentrically mounted roller lG the lug 51 will return to normal underaction of spring 43, in which position 51 will again engage lug at whenarm 32 again returns to raised position. This re-engagement oiJelagainst 51 disengages roller l6 from roller -l-T upon the con tinuedrotation of crank it). In this way rod makes only one downward stroke(J!) for each time 17 is depressed regardless of the number of timescrank '10 is turned.

From the tor-ageing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, use, operation and advantagesof the invention will be readily understood. It is obvious that thelowermost strip or strips as they pass into the filing chamber of themachine are not only severed intoslips but are arranged upon filing pinsface downward in orderly fashion for a person having access to theinterior of a filing chamber to slip the accumulated stack of slips oilof the filing pins onto the pins or posts of a storage binder, and sincethe slips are discharged face downward in the filing chamber they willpass with their backs toward the back of the storage binder as they arepassed off of the filing pins of the autographic register on to the pinsor posts of the storage binder.

Various changes in form, proportion, and in various features ofconstruction may be made without departing from the spirit and principleof the invention and without sacrificing any of the advantages thereof,so that it is to be understood that such may be done within the meaningand scope oi the appended claims.

I claim 2 1. In an autographic register for peritorated strips, thecombination of a strip bearing surface, manually operated means forfeeding several of the strips in alincment over said surface, aseparating edge located beyond said surface to direct at least one ofthe strips into a filing space, manually operated means for severing thelast mentioned strip into slips in said filing space, a filing pinpivotally mounted in said filing space, and means actuated by said stripteeding means and adapted to oscillate the free end of said pin towardsand away from said teed ing means whereby to direct said pin through aperforation of each slip as it enters said filing space.

2. In an autographic register, the combination of strip bearing surface,manually operated means for feeding several strips in alinement oversaid surface, a separating edge located beyond said surface to direct atleast the lower strip into a filing space, manually operated meanslocated beyond said separating edge to sever the last mentioned stripinto slips in said filing space, a tiling pin movably mounted in saidfiling sr cc, and means actuated by said strip teed ing means fordirecting said pin through each slip of the last mentioned strip as itenters said tiling space, said pin actuating means being arranged todirect said pin through the slips from the Faces of the latter.

3. In an autographic register, the combination ot a strip bearingsurface, manually operated means for feeding several strips in alinementover said surface, a separating edge located beyond said surface todirect at least the lower strip into a tiling space, manually operatedmeans located beyond said separating edge to sever the last mentionedstrip into slips in said tiling space, a filing pin movably mounted insaid tiling space with its tree end adjacent said strip severing means,and means actuated by said strip feeding means a't'ter actuation oi saidstrip severing means for directing said pin througlreach slip of thelast mentioned strip as it enters said filing space, said pin actuatingmeans and said strip severing means being arranged and cooperating toturn the slips as they are severed and engaged by said pin.

4-. In an autographic register, the co1nbination of a strip bearingsurface, manually operated means located beyond said surface for drawingseveral strips in alinement over said surface, said means including aroller to bear upon the back of the lower strip, which strip has pinreceiving apertures. a separating edge located neyond said strip drawingleast the lower strip parmeans to direct at tially around said rollerand into a filing space, manually operated means located beyond saidseparating edge to sever the last mentioned strip into slips in saidfiling space, a filing pin mounted in said filing space with its freeend located adjacent the portion of said roller around which the lastmentioned strip passes, said pin being movabl mounted so that its freeend will move toward and away from the periphery of said roller, andmeans actuated by strip drawilt) IOU

ing means after actuation of said strip severing means to direct thefree end of said pin through each slip of the last mentioned strip fromthe face thereof as it passes around said roller.

5. The structure specified in claim 1- in which the pin actuating meansconsists of a disk mounted upon the shaft of the roller constituting apart of the strip drawing means, a lever, a roller eccentrically mountedon said lever and arranged to engage and be turned by said disk to rocksaid lever, means interposed between said lever and the filing pin torock the latter when said lever is rocked, and means interposed bet-weenthe strip severing means and said lever to cause its roller to engagesaid disk after said strip severing means is actuated.

6. In an autographic register, the combi nation of a strip bearingsurface, manually operated means for feeding several strips of paper inalinement over said surface, a separating edge located beyond saidsurface to direct at least the lower strip into a filing space, a filingpin mounted in the filing space upon which the slips severed from thelast mentioned strip are filed, means for actuating the filing pin, ablade located beyond said separating edge for severing the lastinentioned'strip into slips, and means operable to grip the strip andmove the same across the blade. I

7; In an autographic register, the combination of a strip bearingsurface, means for feeding several superimposed strips over saidsurface, a separating edge located beyond said surface to direct atleast one of said strips into a filing space, means for severing thelast mentionedstrip into slips, said strip having pin receivingapertures, and a liling pin pivotally mounted in the filing space,

and means for oscillating said pin to cause the same to project throughand hold said slips.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto aflixed my signature.

ALLEN B. COOKE.

